On Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 6:39 PM, Vinay Sajip <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > From: Paul Moore <[email protected]> > > On 19 April 2015 at 11:55, David Cournapeau <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I can work on a "paperman" implementation of this on top of the "wheel" > >> installer for the end of this week. I think that would both alleviate > some > >> concerns for people interested in "everything in package directory", and > >> make the discussion more focused. > > Is "paperman" a Disney reference, or something else? > it was used in another project I was involved in, to mean "even less than a straw man". Since the project was handled by native speakers, I assumed it was a generic term :) In any case, the implementation I started in wheel was something to *start* the discussion, not to be used as a reference. David > > > That sounds good. One thing the wheel install command doesn't support > > > is per-user installs. I'd appreciate seeing some details of how those > > would be handled - on the assumption that you don't want to deal with > > pip's source just yet, a rough spec would be fine for now. > I presume the way "wheel install" works is orthogonal to the scheme for > handling different categories of data - "distil install", for example, does > per-user installs by default. Are the proposed implementations just a proof > of concept, to validate the usability of the implemented scheme? What is > the envisaged timeline for proposing/agreeing specifications for how the > file categories will work cross-platform? I'm bearing in mind that there > might be other implementations of installers which would need to > interoperate with any file category scheme ... > > Regards, > > Vinay Sajip >
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